The ISSF World Championships 2022 were held in:
- A. Egypt
- B. India
- C. Bangladesh
- D. Dubai
Correct Answer: A. Egypt
The 1st ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Shooting Championships were held in Cairo, Egypt from 12 to 27 October 2022 in 78 events. This also served as a qualification event for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Correct Answer: A. Macky Sall
Macky Sall is a Senegalese politician who has been President of Senegal since April 2012. Sall was elected as chairperson of the African Union for the year 2022, with his term beginning on 5 February 2022.
Correct Answer: C. Brazil
Russia and Brazil have agreed to cooperate in the production and marketing of the world’s first registered coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V. In a Statement Russian Direct Investment Fund said that the agreement was reached with the Brazilian State of Parana on Wednesday 12 August 2020.
Correct Answer: B. Dubai
Dubai, UAE; 21 – 24 March 2022The Grand Prix season will kick off in the United Arab Emirates for the fifth year in a row at the 13th Fazza International Championships. The venue is a familiar track and field to many of the world’s best as it hosted the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.
Correct Answer: D. All of the Above
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 was awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science”. Their results have cleared the way for new technology based on quantum information.
Correct Answer: D. United States
The United States has imposed restrictions on exports to China`s biggest chip maker SMIC after concluding there is an `unacceptable risk` equipment supplied to it could be used for military purposes.
Correct Answer: D. India
India takes over SCO rotating presidency, to host the SCO summit next year. The rotational presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has been handed over to India in Samarkand, Uzbekistan 16 September 2022. Delhi will hold the presidency of the grouping for a year until September 2023.